Archive for December 4, 2018

It is time again to try some Bubbles. We have some Vintage, some Special Club, & all Grower fantastic Champagnes to sip on. We’ll have some appetizers to go with and still get you home for Sunday dinner.

This special tasting is s BY RESERVATION ONLY.We’ll be offering a 10% discount on these wines this evening.Space is limited to twelve people. Call or email us to save a spot.

Durmont & Fils Solera Reserve Brut $50ChardonnayThis is made using the solera method. Dumont has dedicated one stainless steel tank that was first filled in 1991. He has been adding to the tank every year, making it at present, a blend of approximately 20 vintages. There is a lot going on here: apple, pear, peach, apricot, lemon, lime, orange, pineapple, kiwi, butter, cream and vanilla. Organic

2012 A. Margaine Special Club Brut 1er $85100% Chardonnay The vintage Blanc de Blancs [the “Spécial Club” bottling] from this grower based in the little-known village of Villers-Marmery at the far eastern end of the Montagne de Reims is refined, incisive, and vinous, built on understated lemon fruit, and acquiring tantalizing walnut-butter notes with time.

Pehu Simonet Blanc de Noir Grand Cru $85Pehu Simonet is a smaller producer locate in Verzenay, which is a Pinot Noir-dominated grand cru village in the Grande Montagne de Reims area. The pure Pinot gives a powerful character to this Champagne. There is terrific tension, producing a wine that is firmly structured, full of ripe flavors of white fruit and red apple skin. It’s full bodied and dry in the Pehu-Simonet style.

Jean Vesselle Oeil de Perdrix Rosé $58100% Pinot NoirA grower Rosé Champagne from Bouzy. Dried rose petals, orange zest, white pepper and mint give much of its high-toned aromatics, but there is plenty of depth to the fruit as well. Deceptively medium in body, the Oeil de Perdrix possesses striking finesse and exceptional overall balance. Oeil de Perdrix is an old-fashioned style of Blanc de Noirs with just a touch of color from a very short period of skin contact at pressing.